Rug-machine



A. C. WRIGHT.

RUG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FlLElj MAY 26. m9.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

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A. C. WRIGHT.

RUG MACHINE.

APPUCATION FILED MAY 26, I919.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT eering..-

Ac'HsA o. WRIGHT, or surname, WISCONSIN.

RUG-MACHINE.

To all whomz't may concern: I

Be it known that 1, Mrs. AoHsA G. lVnrerrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Superior, 1907 Lackawanna Ave,

. in the county of Douglas'and State of Nisthreading upon a plurality of needles at one time, pieces of cloth, forming, or to be formed into small squares which are to be threaded upon a warp strand. It is also an aim to give a means 'forcutting a plurality of squares at onetime from a strip of cloth already threaded upon a plurality of needles. Another object of the'invention is to give an improved means for holding a number of needles releasably andlina manner topermit rapid manipulation and adjustment of the needles as required.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will appear from the construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter set forth andshown in the drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is. a side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a front view,

Fig. 3 is a top view,

Fig. 1 is a detail of one of the needle holders,

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 6 is a detail of a modified needle.

There is illustrated a needle holding device comprising two blocks 10 and 11, the latter being carried upon a suitable stand 12, while the block 11 is provided with pins 13 engaged slidably in suitable holes 14 formed in the block 10. At each side fastenings 15 are provided by which the blocks may be held closely clampedtogether. As shown in Fig. 4, the blocks are provided with opposed grooves 16, wherein needles 17 may be adjusted and clamped when the blocks are secured in closed relation. If desired, a series of small needle retaining springs 18 maybe secured upon the block 10 while a suitable channel 19 is formed in Specification of Letters Patent. P t t d J 25, 1921 Application filedMay 26., 1919. Serial No. 299,908.

the block 11 to accommodate the springs so as to permit theblocks to come into close engagement with the needles without interference. Upon the block 11 there are mounted a multiplicity of knives or blades 20, having horizontally extended blades dis posed in vertical planes over the block 10, 7

extending beyond the needles distance when the blocksare' in closed position. The Y -cross' bar 24 by which of the knives are caused to move together, this bar being operated by means oi a handle 25 suitably secured thereon. r r

Hinged upon the edge of the block 10 oppoSite'the bases'ot' the knives 20 there isa plate 26, having a multiplicity of pressers 27 arranged in pairsadapted to pass closely beside respective needles, this blockhaving an operating handle 28 by which it may be "swung upwardly and inwardly over the block 10 to bring the pressers 27 down beside the needles 17. p

In the lower part of the stand 12 a rack 29 may be provided fOrhOl'ding spools 30 of warp thread, the ends of which are threaded in respective needles 17, as shown. The pressers 27 are so located upon the late 26 that at one position the pressers wi 1 lie horizontally immediately above the level of the upper edges of the blade 20, and upon further movement they will pass downwardly below such level, as will be understood.

In its simplest form, the needles 17 may be held vertically between the blocks 10 and Has indicated in Fig. 1, and'in the use of this device strips of cloth of proper width are laid longitudinally across the series of needles and the knives 20 operated to cut the cloth centrally between the needles, leaving small squares upon each of the needles, as will be understood. The plate 26 is then operated to bring the pressers into engagement with the severed cloth, pressing it downwardly upon the needles, or the pressers may be operated occasionally to press a number of layers of fabric down at one time.

In Fig. 5 there is shown an adaptation-of the device to facilitate the placing of cloth upon the needles,-in this instance, the needles being given an inclination by forming the opposed faces of the blocks 10" and 11' coresponding to the blocks first described, at a suitable angle to the perpendicular, and the pressers 27, corresponding to those 27 before mentioned are formed with shoulders30, positionedto fall at a proper dis tance from the series of needles when the" pressers are swung inwardly as before mentioned. The plate 26 correspondingto the one 26 before mentioned is so hinged to the block 10 that it may fall in open position with the pressers 27 inclined outwardly as dotted at the right in Fig. 5, so that a piece of cloth'laidacross the outer ends of the pressers and against the shoulders 30 will i be retainedby gravity, thus readily adapt- 'ing the machine to receive strips of cloth from a strip cutting machine, or permltting [manual feeding of thestrlps, as found preferable. Theinclination given the needles is such that at the instant the pressers 27' pass inwardly of the points of the needles, the planes of the pressers and needles will be at right angles to each other, and under further movement of the pressers the cloth will slide outwardly onthe pressers to someextent, although this slidingmovement is not essential; i I

If found preferable the needles may be formed witha curve as shown in Fig. 6, at

their outer parts only. I r v In the operation of the machine, when a sufficient quantity of fabric has been threaded upon the needles, the fastenings 15 may be released, and the needles lifted from place and the fabric thereon passed inwardly ontothe warp thread, after which the needles are returned to their places and secured between the blocks as before, permitting further operation of the machine to refill the needles, these operations beingrepeated until a length of warp material is provided sufiicient to be placed in a loom.

What is claimed:

1. A machine for threading a multiplicity of rug segments simultaneously, comprising means for releasably holding a vplurality of needles in position to receive fabric,fcut-' ter blades therebetween, fabric pressin means operative between i the needles an blades, and a second series ofblades cooperative with the first for cutting a length of fabric threaded upon theneedles, n

2. A device .of the character descrlbed, comprising relatlvely movable needle clamping blocks, means to'secure theblocks inclamping position, a plurality of needles held therebetween, knives carried by one of the blocks extending between the needles, movable, knives coiiperative with the first knives for cu ting fabric pierced by thenee-' dles, and a fabricpressing devicefor engagmgfabrlcs upon the needles.

3. A device of" the character described 7 comprising a stationary element, a movable element cooperative therewith V to clamp a, series of needles, cutter blades carried by one of the two first elements named,ra sec- 0nd series of blades co'ciperative with the first mounted for simultaneous movement to severcloth piercedbythe' needles and disposed over the first named blades, ;and an elementpii otedpat the side of said stationary element opposite the second named "element, i including plurality ofpressers adapted to pass between the needles and first named blades upon inward movement ofthe pivoted element. :7 In testimonywhereof I -have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' Mns. ACHSA .G. WRIGHT. Witnesses: a t A. A; CAMPBELL,

CARL PETERSON. 

